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M1, M2, M3 what's the difference between them

jtalley007 said:
Yes, the headhunter was a 1280 fisher, supposedly a better coil. I had a 1280, about 5” on a nickel in air, salt may have been worse. In the day people found a lot with them but today, I can barely find anything good with Deus 2 or legend, lol. Those detectors go 3 times deeper than a headhunter/1280 and have every adjustment known to mankind.
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Apparently to some even the best with every adjustment to mankind are never good enough and could be made better. More adjustments, features I suppose.
I guess its a good thing to be optimistic and think nothing is ever hunted out completely, all we need is a better detector lol. Thats what the manufacturer always says anyway.
At some point there will be a $10,000 detector with near perfect discrimination, separation and see a dime at 36”.
And there will be those that know there is more to be found if we only had a detector that can pick up dimes at 48” in trashy parks
 
DigDog said:
The higher the frequency the less depth as well. Im not so sure its a myth otherwise gold detectors would run in the low frequencies. Look at any gold detector of any brand and they all
run high frequencies. Perhaps you misunderstood what i was saying when i said gold. And everyone hunts for different reasons and things. On the beaches here rings are the least of the jewelry you find and you certainly don’t cherry pick and avoid all foil.
Maybe im wrong. If there are gold detectors that run 4khz or had great success on the beach running 4 khz let me know and its something to consider trying. everything ive had including ML
and Tesoro all ran 14 khz and higher or a combination in multi that used high frequencies. With the exception of the garrett ace 250, and that was no gold monster lol.
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Actually a great deal off gold was found using 15 khz and below over the many years of metal detecting.
12 khz was a prime frequency for many yrs.
The newer high frequency machines are Fantastic for gram and under gold nuggets.
Especially sub gram.
Yes they'll go deeper.
Though not as deep as 20 khz and below.
If you're after the Big stuff.
You have to go Low.
My father and I are working on an unusual design hybrid.
Hopefully things play out.
If it works properly.
I'm Giving the design to Garrett.
Loved that old man. Sad he's gone.
 
Odanscoils said:
Actually a great deal off gold was found using 15 khz and below over the many years of metal detecting.
12 khz was a prime frequency for many yrs.
The newer high frequency machines are Fantastic for gram and under gold nuggets.
Especially sub gram.
Yes they'll go deeper.
Though not as deep as 20 khz and below.
If you're after the Big stuff.
You have to go Low.
My father and I are working on an unusual design hybrid.
Hopefully things play out.
If it works properly.
I'm Giving the design to Garrett.
Loved that old man. Sad he's gone.
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The later Tesoro’s that ran 14khz-17khz were great all purpose detectors.
15khz seemed to be the sweet spot although they say 12khz is.
If you don’t run the legend in multi i think 15khz in single frequency is a great option if your soil will handle it.
 
DigDog said:
The later Tesoro’s that ran 14khz-17khz were great all purpose detectors.
15khz seemed to be the sweet spot although they say 12khz is.
If you don’t run the legend in multi i think 15khz in single frequency is a great option if your soil will handle it.
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I own a Legend and am happy with the detector , although as of 20/01/2023 after 7 months of use i still have not found a single Gold or Silver Item. I am soon to be voted unluckiest detector user of the year!.
My slag heap locality don't help though. Pickings are slim these days. The deeper stuff is just like the shallower stuff = JUNK. The Manticore will be replacing my Legend this year.
 
The Coin Magician said:
I own a Legend and am happy with the detector , although as of 20/01/2023 after 7 months of use i still have not found a single Gold or Silver Item. I am soon to be voted unluckiest detector user of the year!.
My slag heap locality don't help though. Pickings are slim these days. The deeper stuff is just like the shallower stuff = JUNK. The Manticore will be replacing my Legend this year.
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With the prices of everything the way things are, nobody can afford Gold or Silver to lose anymore ! The powers that be must really want complete control over us !!…I don’t remember any part of this being in the description of democracy ! 🤷‍♂️

You might find that beaches tend to hold more gold jewelry than most other places…Tot lots too ! …You have to have your detector set up properly, and your coil has to go over gold and silver to be able to find it , Legend or Manticore
 
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I feel his pain as those finds are very rare anymore but its as you say I don’t see anyone hardly wearing gold or silver hardly anymore especially at the beach.
Plus the beaches and parks are some of the most hunted sites so without fresh drops and very rare to fund an old one unfortunately its just the way it is.
Around here anyway.
Heck just look in the stores that sell gold they hardly carry any as its not a big seller because of price.
Pawn shops have a decent amount and the jewelry places if they have it is mostly just light 10k.
Location is key. What would be more frustrating to me is not finding any with a $500 detector then spending 3x more and still not finding it.
Best of luck with all sincerity . Keep us posted how many deep gold rings you find you think the legend missed
 
synthnut said:
With the prices of everything the way things are, nobody can afford Gold or Silver to lose anymore ! The powers that be must really want complete control over us !!…I don’t remember any part of this being in the description of democracy ! 🤷‍♂️

You might find that beaches tend to hold more gold jewelry than most other places…Tot lots too ! …You have to have your detector set up properly, and your coil has to go over gold and silver to be able to find it , Legend or Manticore
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Tot lot's. Tesoros Rule.
 
Odanscoils said:
I've seen nothing get right up against chain link fence and steel post like my Tesoros.
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Sad to see them out of business. Don’t know exactly what happened but what sells nowadays is a fancy screen with numbers.
Closest they came to that was the “Cortez” a coin machine.
Seems as the hobby has sub categories.
Coin hunters that love their numbers, gold hunters (prospecting) and the all metal hunters.
 
sprchng said:
Looking for small gold in aluminum infested public dirt parks is a fools errand. I have found two gold earrings , both while using FBS Minelab machines even though I found them by eyeball first and both gave those machines a reading. Every one of the 35 or so gold rings I have found(large and small) have had good readings on lower frequencies like 4khz. I agree there is some merit to the low/high frequency tendencies but also think it's way over rated. If I decide to hang my detecting success on looking for gold pin earrings with diamonds in totlot settings , I'll be more concerned about predominantly using 4khz .:)
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Truthfully, if someone wants to hunt tot lots, get a $100 compadre and call it a day, lol. Paystreak uses every high end detector and the other day he was using a compadre, it was banging out targets, smooth as silk in between, etc. I’m not saying under all conditions it’s going to be anywhere close to higher end detector, I’ve been detecting since 1973 and have owned 100 detectors easily. If you get in minerals, wet salt, etc, the beep dig will fall flat on its face, but if a person wanted to get in the hobby cheaply, buy a compadre rather than a bounty hunter. Tesoro has always been known for their discrimination, that is before the Tejon, I didn’t care for that, it was a nail magnet. Just turn it on, dial up the disc, and dig cons, coin-like signals. I for one am not looking for (MICRO JEWELRY). I guess I’m getting too old and lazy, lol?
 
The Coin Magician said:
Micro jewelry is not my cup of tea. All i do is dig the nasty foil while trying for tiny jewels , i skip that anyday , i go for thicker mens rings , the payoffs are better.
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To each his own what they hunt for and preferences. Personally I’m not into coins mainly because where i am at its only very modern clad that just doesn’t excite me. The soil is basically beach sand that doesn’t retain small items very well. Go to about any beach for that matter and try to find 100 years old coins. The parks are are no different.
If you eliminate and don’t dig any foil on the beach you are going to miss alot of stuff. Probably only dig a handful of holes the entire day. Basically the same in the parks here as well. Almost a waste of time.
Unfortunately your limited to what your environment has to offer. Big jewels are rare maybe a couple a year, old coins even more rare. About the odds of finding a Rolex or something.
Location, location, location is everything.
Outside of driving hours one way or flying to a destination it is what it is so you dig whatever or nothing at all.
Definitely not in it for the money
 
”Definitely not in it for the money”

I surely don’t have a problem cashing in gold rings…..and I’m not rich enough to spend close to $1,000 on a detector that I can’t make back at least what I spent on it…..Not strictly just for the money….It’s more for the surprise of targets found….Helping someone find a lost ring that means so much to them on a sandy beach is truly rewarding and I don’t mean that in $$$ rewards
 
DigDog said:
To each his own what they hunt for and preferences. Personally I’m not into coins mainly because where i am at its only very modern clad that just doesn’t excite me. The soil is basically beach sand that doesn’t retain small items very well. Go to about any beach for that matter and try to find 100 years old coins. The parks are are no different.
If you eliminate and don’t dig any foil on the beach you are going to miss alot of stuff. Probably only dig a handful of holes the entire day. Basically the same in the parks here as well. Almost a waste of time.
Unfortunately your limited to what your environment has to offer. Big jewels are rare maybe a couple a year, old coins even more rare. About the odds of finding a Rolex or something.
Location, location, location is everything.
Outside of driving hours one way or flying to a destination it is what it is so you dig whatever or nothing at all.
Definitely not in it for the money
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i save all the modern coinage up till the end of the year , saved in a big tin. I cash in £300 to £500 per year , i sold some gold rings to the pawn shop and got £200 last year. It's a case of trying to get some money back from
the detectors that cost a lot. I am out every day detecting and filming it. I live in a DAMP nasty *hit hole house so getting out of this dive helps me keep sane. Well almost sane ,as sane as pay streak lol. :lol:
 
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